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    <p>
	You can configure many aspects of Notepad++ using the Preferences dialog. The dialog consists of multiple tab which contain options that are relevant to some aspect of Notepad++ (for instance, the interface or backup options).</p>
<p>
	<img alt="" src="../../../Images/Screenshots/preferences.png" usemap="#preferences" /></p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<h2>
	<a name="General">General</a></h2>
<p>
	The general settings control the look of the main interface. You can control the Tab Bar, the Tool Bar, the Status Bar and the menu from here, as well as the current ...</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<dl>
<dt>
		Localization:</dt>
<dd>
		This dropdown list shows all the languages which you can use for Notepad++ to speak your language. If you click on one of these languages, all user interface elements are instantly translated into that language. The various localization files are in the Localization subfolder of Notepad++&#39;s install folder.</dd>
<dt>
		Tool bar:</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li>
				<span class="checkbox">Hide</span> - Check the hide checkbox to completely hide the tool bar. The following choices show immediate results, but sometimes a restart is required to load the correct icons:</li>
<li>
				<span class="radio">Small icons</span> - Notepad++ will use the small icon set for the toolbar. This can be the built-in icon set or custom icons.</li>
<li>
				<span class="radio">Big icons</span> - Notepad++ will use the large icon set for the toolbar. This can be the built-in icon set or custom icons.</li>
<li>
				<span class="radio">Small standard icons</span> - These are the default built-in icons. This is also the only option that will show any tool bar icons registered by plugins.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt>
		Menu bar:</dt>
<dd>
		<span class="checkbox">Hide</span> - If you check this option, the menu bar will automatically hide. To (temporarily) show the menu bar, press the Alt key or the F10 key to give the menu focus. Selecting an option, pressing escape or giving another window the focus will hide the menu again.</dd>
<dt>
		Status bar:</dt>
<dd>
		<span class="checkbox">Show status bar</span> - Check the option to show the status bar.
<ul>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Hide</span> - Checking this option will hide the tab bar. You can still open multiple documents but you have to switch using shortcuts rather that using the tab bar. </span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Multi-Line</span> - Checking this option will cause the tab bar to draw multiple rows of documents if they cannot all be displayed in a single row. Otherwise a pair of scroll arrow buttons will appear. Note that the active document will always be on the bottom row. </span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Vertical</span> - Checking this option will rotate the tab bar 90&deg; counterclockwise and place it at the left side of the screen. </span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Reduce</span> - If checked the tab bar will use the default font and icon size. Unchecking will cause it to use a larger font and larger icons.</span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Lock</span> - Checking this will disable the ability to sort documents by dragging the tabs around.</span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Draw the inactive tabs</span> - If checked, inactive tabs will be drawn using a custom background color (see Settings, Styler Configurator).</span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Draw the orange top bar</span> - Checking this will draw a (by default) orange line on top of active tabs (see Settings, Styler Configurator).</span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Enable close button on each tab</span> - Checking this will add a close button on each tab. Clicking it will close that tab.</span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Double click to close document</span> - If checked, doubleclicking on a tab will close it.</span></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<h2>
	<a name="Editing"></a>Editing</h2>
<p>
	These settings affect the behaviour and look of Scintilla, the edit component of Notepad++.</p>
<dl>
<dt>
		Caret settings</dt>
<dd>
		<uk>
<li>
			<span class="label">Width</span> - Set the width in pixels of the caret, or change it into a block which is the size if the current character (if printable, otherwise the size of the space character).</li>
<p>		</p></uk></dd>
<dt>
		Multi-Editing</dt>
<dd>
		You can enable or disable this feature through the checkbox. This both controls the ability to select multiple areas (see <a href="../editing/selecting-text.html">Selecting text</a>) and to get typed text mirrored in all the areas in the selection.</dd>
<dt>
		Folder margin style</dt>
<dd>
		The style of the icons that indicate folding (See <a href="../display/folding.html">Folding</a>). Select from 4 types. The <span class="label">None</span> style hides the margin even if the document type would support it.
<ul>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="radio">Default</span>The wrapped part of the line shows as several lines starting on the left margin </span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="radio">Aligned</span>The wrapped part of the line shows as several lines starting right below the unwrapped part. </span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="radio">Indented</span>The wrapped part of the line shows as several lines starting with some indentation relative to the unwrapped part. </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Show vertical edge</span> - Checking this will draw a vertical edge throughout the document. Mode </span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="radio">Line mode</span> - If this mode is set, the edge will be drawn using a line in the background </span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="radio">Background mode</span> - If this mode is set, the edge will be drawn by changing the background color of characters that are past the edge. You can change the color with the <a href="styler-configurator.html#Edge_colour">Styler Configurator</a>. </span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="label">Number of columns</span>: The distance in columns (as determined by the size of the space character) at which the edge will be drawn. </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Display line number margin</span> - If checked, line numbers will be drawn. You can change the color with the <a href="styler-configurator.html#Line_number_margin">Styler Configurator</a>. When shown, the line number margin can accommodate three digits, and will grow as needed to display numbers in a higher range. </span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Display bookmark margin</span> - If checked, the bookmark margin will be drawn.</span></li>
<li>
				<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="checkbox">Active current line highlight</span> - If checked, the line at which the caret is present will be drawn with a special background color. You can change the color with the <a href="styler-configurator.html#Current_line_background_colour">Styler Configurator</a>.</span></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<h2>
	<a name="New_Document_Open_Save_directory"></a>New Document/Default directory</h2>
<p>
	These options change the way new documents are created and what the default Open/Save directories will be.</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<dl>
<dt>
		File Open/Save Directory:</dt>
<dd>
		The File Open/Save Directory, or Default Directory, controls what directory Notepad++ looks in when opening or saving files. Please note that the Default directory is not the same as the Current Directory (Working Directory) Notepad++ uses. Do not make assumptions about Notepad++ Current Directory.
<ul>
<li>
				<span class="radio">Follow the current document</span> - If this option is selected, the default directory will be the directory of the currently active file. If the file is a new, unsaved document, this will be Notepad++&#39; directory.</li>
<li>
				<span class="radio">Remember the last operation directory</span> - If this option is selected, the default directory will initially be the directory Notepad++ was started in (you can control this by adjusting the shortcut you use for Notepad++) and only change when browsing for files (to open or save a file).</li>
<li>
				<span class="radio">Custom</span> - The default directory can be set to a fixed path. Browse for a path or type it yourself. If the path is invalid, Notepad++&#39; directory will be used. You are allowed to use Environment Variables, using the $(<i>var-name</i>) syntax as usual.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<h2>
	<a name="File_Association"></a>File Association</h2>
<p>
	You can associate files with Notepad++ so opening those files will start Notepad++. Select a type of file, then select the desired extension and press the left arrow to associate the file. To add a custom type of file, select customize, enter the extension and press the <span class="button">-&gt;</span> button. To remove the association, select the extension to dissociate and press the arrow next to the garbage can.</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<h2>
	<a name="Language_Menu"></a>Language Menu/Tab settings</h2>
<p>
	You can select the languages that are available from the <span class="menu_item">Language</span> menu. In the <span class="label">Available Items</span> list are the languages that are currently visible. To hide a language form the menu, select it and press the <span class="button">-&gt;</span> button to put it in the <span class="label">Disabled Items</span> list. Add the language again by selecting it from the <span class="label">Disabled Items</span>list and pressing the <span class="button">&lt;-</span> button.<br />
	The appearance of the Language menu can be further controlled by the <span class="checkbox">Make Language menu Compact</span> checkbox. When checked, languages whose names start by the same letter are grouped into a submenu, rather than being all lumped in the menu proper.</p>
<p>
	Tab settings can be adjusted on a per language basis. The right hand list has all built-in languages, as well as a topmost (Default) entry. The latter applies to all languages which don&#39;t have a custom setting, as well as to all user defined languages. The frame below allows adjusting tab settings for the selected language:</p>
<ul>
<li>
		<span class="label">Tab size</span> - Size in space characters of a tab character in the document.</li>
<li>
		<span class="checkbox">Replace by space</span> - Checking this will cause any tabs added to be in the form of spaces, up to the amount as determined by the Tab size setting.</li>
</ul>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<h2>
	<a name="Print"></a>Print</h2>
<p>
	Use these settings to adjust the layout and colors used when printing a document, as well as the page header and footer text. This can be any regular string or a variable that will change depending on the printed document.</p>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>
		<span class="checkbox">Print line number</span> - If selected, linenumbers will be printed aswell.</li>
<li>
		Colour Option:
<ul>
<li>
				<span class="radio">WYSIWYG</span> - print colours exactly as they are on the screen.</li>
<li>
				<span class="radio">Invert</span> - This will print the document with the background color inverted (white becomes black for instance, and v.v.) and the default foreground color inverted. All other colors will remain the same.</li>
<li>
				<span class="radio">Black on white</span> - All text will be printed black and a white background.</li>
<li>
				<span class="radio">No background color</span> - This will print all the text colored, but any background colors (including the default color) will be printed white.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dt>
		Variables</dt>
<dd>
		You can use <span class="label">Variable</span>: variable text inside the current header/footer. There are a few default variables listed, but you can also use any variable used by the Run dialog (see <a href="../commands.html">Commands</a>) as well. The syntax is the same. To add some predefined variable from the dropdown, click <span class="button">Add</span>. The name will automatically be escaped.</dd>
<dt>
		Header:</dt>
<dd>
		Control the header text. If any header text is present, it will be separated from the document with a line. Use the various edit controls to adjust the text added to the header. You can add text in the left aligned, right aligned and centered sections. The controls below control the font used by the header.</dd>
<dt>
		Footer:</dt>
<dd>
		Control the footer text. See Header for more information.</dd>
</dl>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<h2>
	<a name="Backup_Auto-Completion"></a>Backup/Auto-Completion</h2>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<dl>
<dt>
		Backup:</dt>
<dd>
		Control backup behaviour. You can instruct Notepad++ to automatically make a backup of every file if you save any modifications.
<p>
			&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>
				<span class="radio">None</span> - No backups are made.</li>
<li>
				<span class="radio">Simple backup</span> - A backup is saved to a file with the same name and .bak added as extension (the original extension is preserved).</li>
<li>
				<span class="radio">Verbose backup</span> - Like simple backup, but before the .bak extension a short date and timestamp is added.</li>
<li>
				<span class="checkbox">User custom backup directory</span> - If checked, a custom backup directory is used instead of saving to the same directory the file resides in. If the path is invalid the directory the file resides in will be used.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt>
		Auto-completion:</dt>
<dd>
		See <a href="../editing/auto-completion.html">Auto-Completion</a> on what Auto Completion is.
<ul>
<li>
				<span class="checkbox">Enable Auto-completion on each input</span> - If checked, Notepad++ will try to autocomplete the current word being typed based on how much is already written.
<ul>
<li>
						<span class="radio">Function Completion</span> : try to complete the current word using the list of functions of the current language.</li>
<li>
						<span class="radio">Word completion</span> : try to complete the current word using the words in the document.</li>
<li>
						<span class="label">From #th characters</span>: Enter amount of characters needed before Notepad++ tries to auto-complete the current words. Allowed values range from 1 to 9.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
				<span class="checkbox">Function parameters hint on input</span> - If checked, when a character is added that marks the start of a list of arguments of the currently typed function, the function parameters calltip will be shown.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
	&nbsp;</p>
<h2>
	<a name="MISC"></a>MISC</h2>
<p>
	These settings control other aspects of Notepad++.</p>
<p>
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<li>
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<li>
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